Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant - Inpatient Neurosurgery - Columbia

Job description

Inspire health. Serve with compassion. Be the difference. Job Summary: Provides assistant surgical services in the operating room as well as other selected medical services under the direction of the surgeon. Accountabilities: Establishment of quality assurance programs - Provides general surgical assistant services in operating room.10% - Assists surgeon with prepping and until completion of procedure.15% - Removes drains, tubes and catheters.10% - Closes incisions.15% - Assists with patient office visits and assumes call when assigned. 10% - Performs all charting, summaries, correspondence and required paperwork for purposes of documenting care and billing. 10% - Participates in physician educational programs provided by Employer relative to capitated medicine and implications relative to physician practice patterns. 5% Participates in: Establishment of Utilization Management programs: Selection of management information systems: Development of patient education surveys: Development of patient satisfaction surveys 5% - Assists in the development of operational and capital budgets. 5% - Participates in operational assessments in search of revenue enhancement, expense reductions, c...